A.his journey home will be filled with trouble.
Odysseus speaks with the Theban prophet Tiresias, who tells Odysseus how to get home.
The blind prophet tells Odysseus that he will reach his home in Ithaca, but that his journey home will be filled with trouble (and it is).
The journey to the underworld of Hades to speak to the dead Theban prophet Teiresias is a command given to Odysseus by the enchantress Circe. Circe, who was initally hostile to Odysseus and his men (she changed them into pigs on their first meeting) has become a good host. She has been Odysseus' lover, and hosted him and his crew on her island for a year. But the crew and Odysseus now desire to go home. When Odysseus tells her that it is time to leave, she replies: "Zeus-sprung son of Laertes, Odysseus of many devices, do not stay any longer against your will in my palace. Yet you first must accomplish a different journey and go down into the palace of Hades and Persephone, honored and dreaded, seeking prophetic advice of the Theban Teiresias' spirit, that the blind prophet in whom is a mind still fresh in its vigor"
Teiresias does no such thing. He tells Odysseus all he needs to know.
Teiresias tells Odysseus to avoid the herds of Helios cattle on Thrinakia. Teiresisas saw that if Odysseus and men ate the cattle it would bring about their destruction.
The journey to the underworld of Hades to speak to the dead Theban prophet Teiresias is a command given to Odysseus by the enchantress Circe. Circe, who was initally hostile to Odysseus and his men (she changed them into pigs on their first meeting) has become a good host. She has been Odysseus' lover, and hosted him and his crew on her island for a year. But the crew and Odysseus now desire to go home. When Odysseus tells her that it is time to leave, she replies: "Zeus-sprung son of Laertes, Odysseus of many devices, do not stay any longer against your will in my palace. Yet you first must accomplish a different journey and go down into the palace of Hades and Persephone, honored and dreaded, seeking prophetic advice of the Theban Teiresias' spirit, that the blind prophet in whom is a mind still fresh in its vigor"
In the land of the dead, Odysseus encounters, in order, one of his lost crew members, the blind prophet Teiresias and his mother. They all give him various warnings and council. Teiresias tells him that the challenges he has faced are a punishment from Poseidon's for having blinded his son Polyphemus, and his mother informs him of the goings-on in his home of Ithaca.
in The ODYSSEY (not the Odysseus, that's a character) tiresias is a blind prophet/ dead prince of thebes. he tells Odysseus what he will do next
He was a blind prophet/ dead prince of Thebes. He tells Odysseus in book 9 about what he will do next which is go home, kill all the suitors, then travel to make an alter like thing for Poseidon so he wont be angry at him any more.
Tiresias, the dead blind Theban prophet is the man whom Odysseus sets out to see in Hades. He tells Odysseus why Poseidon is angry at him, and what Odysseus must do to get home.
Yes, in Book 11 of the Odyssey, Odysseus speaks with his mother, Anticlea, when he visits the underworld. She reveals to him the current state of affairs in Ithaca and provides him with guidance.
she is a prophet who talks to odysseus about his wife and how she is doing in ithaca and she tells odysseus that other men are trying to get with his wife if he doesnt hurry and return home .